Word: barbering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most decisive proof that we have had thus far as to the success of the Reading Period comes in a statement from R. B. Little, barber at the Harvard Union, that dandruff has increased considerably since Christmas, compared with former years. Little's reasons for the fact are as follows. "The students were inside more and got less exercise, therefore the scalp dried up. Then, they neglected their hair to a great extent, being more interested in their studies than in outside engagements. And, of course, when more blood went to the brain, less went to the scalp. Anyhow...
...barber took all his savings out of the bank and bet them on a horse race. The horse he bet on did not win. Discouraged, the barber spent the night in drunken orgy and stupor. Early in the morning he killed himself...
...barber, a friend of famed Painter Albert Pinkham Ryder, was employed by the Albert Hotel in Manhattan, owned by the brother of Painter Albert Pinkham Ryder. Hearing of the barber's suicide, Painter Ryder was shocked. He painted a picture of a skeleton jockey perched upon a great white race horse. The great white horse was galloping around a race track. In the corner of the picture was a snake, to symbolize temptation...
...made of him a hero, told thrillingly of his capture by bandits a month ago, agonized over his sufferings, lauded his quadruple murder. Then General Ortiz, Chief of Military Operations in the State of Mexico, made known the result of an investigation which he had promptly ordered when Hero Barber reached Mexico City. Said General Ortiz, contemptuously, "I always believed that only in Hollywood were such interesting stories evolved as that of Lyman Barber. . . . All that Barber actually did was to offer his guards money, which they accepted with pleasure, and then guided him to safety. . . . Such people as Barber...
...summary follows: HARVARD 1931 ST. MARK'S Jewell, Forthingham, r. w. l. w., Choate, Bailey, Peck, Covel Putnam, Everett,e. c., Palmer, Adams Watts, Baldwin, l. w. r. w., Barber, Adams Batchelder, r. d. I. d., Barton Ogdon, I. d. r. d., P. Palmer Gammack, g. g., Jenkins...